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passages, it is more deeply colored, and specked with 

 brown mucus. In the very last stage of most dis- 

 eases, when death is about taking place, the mem- 

 brane of the nose becomes of a dark, leaden, or livid 

 color. In glanders it is of a light blue and reddish 

 color, with specks of ulceration over it In scarlet 

 fever it is covered with scarlet spots. 



Tlie Ears, 



In disease, lose their erectness and quickness of 

 motion, and become dull, loose and fallen; falling 

 forward if the head is down, and backward if it is 

 raised, in all diseases affecting the system generally. 

 The ears are cold in inflammation of the lungs and 

 pleurisy, slightly so in other diseases, as colic, etc. 



Xlie Eyes. 



Weeping of the eyes is observed in colds, strangles, 

 catarrhal fever and glanders. When the eyes become 

 glassy in the advanced stage of disease, it indicates 

 that death is about to take place. 



The iVIouth 



Is hot in fevers and inflammations. The mouth 

 and tongue are clammy and offensive in severe fevers. 



The Breathing-. 



The breathing is rapid in fevers ; laborious in in- 

 flammation of the lungs ; laborious, short and catch- 

 ing, in pleurisy ; and difficalt in thick-wind. The 

 nostrils are much spread in inflammation of the lungs 

 and pleurisy. The breath is hot. Deep, snoring 

 breathing, indicates disease of the brain. 



